Deontay: I’m bringing back the heavyweight title to America

009 Wilder vs Firtha IMG_1504(Photo credit: Tom Casino/Showtime) By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) but the boxing world on notice this week by telling the crowd at the latest Bernard Hopkins press conference that he’ll soon be the next heavyweight champion.

Deontay has a fight this Saturday night against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) but he definitely has mind mind elsewhere in thinking about his goal of bringing back the heavyweight strap to the United States to put on his mantle.

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Tony Thompson wants Deontay Wilder fight

thompson32By Scott Gilfoid: Former heavyweight title challenger Tony Thompson (38-4, 26 KO’s) is saying that he’s interested in fighting undefeated contender Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s), but he’s unable to the match because Deontay’s manager supposedly isn’t agreeable to a Thompson-Wilder fight for some reason.

Thompson said “Wilder may be saying ‘yes,’ but his manager is saying, ‘Hell no!’ Tyson Fury, Alexander Povetkin, Tomasz Adamek, it don’t matter. I’m here.”

This is interesting because Deontay has said many times in the past that he’d love to fight the 6’5″ Thompson, but he would never agree to it. Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer also said in the past that he was interested in matching Deontay vs. Thompson. However, Thompson himself said after his first win over David Price that he wasn’t looking for a fight against Deontay. Instead, Thompson wanted to get another world title shot against one of the Klitschko brothers.

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Deontay Wilder turns 28 today!

By Scott Gilfoid: American heavyweight Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) turned 29-years-old today as he gets ready for his fight this Saturday on Showtime against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins-Karo Murat card in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Deontay, 6’7″, is hoping to shine along with WBO middleweight champion Peter Quillin in his match-up against Gabriel Rosado.

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Hopkins-Murat, Deontay-Firtha & Quillin-Rosado this Saturday on Showtime

deontay1By Scott Gilfoid: Heavyweight Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) will be in the ring this Saturday night in what could be an excellent showcase fight on Showtime against the towering 6’6″ Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) in what could be the best fight of the card head-lined by Bernard Hopkins (53-6-2, 32 KO’s) defending his IBF 175 lb. trap against Karo Murat (25-1-1, 15 KO’s) at the Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA.

The Deontay-Firtha fight will be most interesting bout on the card because it matched two huge heavyweights that will be trading bombs from the get go. Firtha may not be a top world class heavyweight right now, but he’s got class power. There’s definitely nothing wrong with the kind of power that Firtha’s packing.

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Deontay takes aim at his critics

deontay11By Scott Gilfoid: Undefeated heavyweight contender Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) shot some arrows at his critics today on his twitter account by saying that he’s going to prove all of his doubters wrong in the near future. Deontay has a fight against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) this month on October 26th on the undercard of the Bernard Hopkins vs. Karo Murat at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

This will give American fans a chance to see Deontay’s power unleashed on a pretty good heavyweight. Firtha is no pushover by any means. He’s got excellent power, and he’s been in some quality guys during his career.

Deontay said to on his twitter: “They’ll be sorry! Just when you think it’s possible that they are sleep, they never sleep, they just sit and wait on you like hungry dirty dogs #LoveIt.”

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Vitali: Deontay won’t be affected by criticism

deontay11 - CopyBy Scott Gilfoid: Like a lot of people, WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko (45-2, 41 KO’s) couldn’t help but notice that unbeaten heavyweight talent Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) has been getting a lot of heat from some critics about his talent and opposition. Vitali sees Deontay’s critics as fighting a losing battle because nothing they say will bother Deontay.

It’s interesting that Vitali is mentioning Deontay. I wonder if he’s thinking of fighting him? Deontay is ranked #3 by the World Boxing Council. Vitali vs. Deontay would be absolutely huge in Germany. Can you picture two 6’7″ heavyweight knockout artists facing each other. It would a contest between two giant heavyweights with the highest KO percentages between them. Deontay has stopped 100 percent of his opponents, whereas Vitali has stopped 87.23 percent of his opposition.

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Wladimir interested in Deontay Wilder fight in the future

deontay4444By Scott Gilfoid: IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko (61-3, 51 KO’s) reportedly is interested in facing unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) in the near future once he’s ranked high enough for them to fight. The 27-year-old Deontay is currently ranked #3 WBC, #5 WBO, #6 WBA, #12 IBF. He just needs a 1-2 more good wins and he’ll be ranked high enough for Wladimir to face him.

Wladimir will be defending his titles against his IBF mandatory challenger Kubrat Pulev next, and Deontay would be perfect for Wladimir to fight after that bout due to the similar size of the two heavyweights. Pulev is 6’4 1/2″, while Deontay is 6’7″.

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Firtha very impressed with Deontay Wilder

wilder54 (2)By Scott Gilfoid: The hard hitting Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) is the next opponent for American heavyweight KO artist Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s), but he sounds more like a fan to me than knockout #30 for the 6’7″ Deontay.

Firtha got to see Deontay’s power up close when the two worked as sparring partners for IBF/IBO/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko for his recent bout against the 6’8″ Mariusz Wach, and Firtha was in awe of Deontay’s talent and power in watching him spar round after round with the 6’6″ Wladimir.

Deontay ended up being Wladimir’s #1 sparring partner in helping him get ready for the fight, and Firtha got to see a lot of Deontay in watching his sparring sessions with the big Ukrainian.

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Deontay Wilder – What do they know?

By John Dixon: Deontay Wilder seems to fall in a love / hate category. He is loved for looking the part, having obvious speed and punching power but hated for failing to test those skills against quality opposition. The announcement that he is facing Nicolai Firtha next has been met with huge disappointment.

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Deontay wants Chisora, Tony Thompson and Bryant Jennings

wilder55By Scott Gilfoid: Unbeaten heavyweight Deontay Wilder (29-0, 29 KO’s) says he wants to take on the best contenders while en route to a heavyweight title shot in 2014. After Deontay takes care of his light work next month against Nicolai Firtha (21-10-1, 8 KO’s) on October 26th in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Deontay wanted to face a big name for his next bout, but he was unable to get any of the top fighters to agree to fight him on only 3 weeks’ notice.

Deontay wasn’t mentioned for the October 26th card until just recently, and that didn’t allow Golden Boy Promotions enough time to find a really big name for him.

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